[Sample of Mar 24th] XML Serialization
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Sample Downloads
C# version: https://code.msdn.microsoft.com/CSXmlSerialization-6150d4bf
VB version: https://code.msdn.microsoft.com/VBXmlSerialization-5492ab29
Today’s code sample demonstrates how to serialize an in-memory object to a local xml file and how to deserialize the xml file back to an in-memory object using VC# and VB.NET.
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Introduction
This sample shows how to serialize an in-memory object to a local xml file and how to deserialize the xml file back to an in-memory object using VC# and VB.NET. The designed MySerializableType includes int, string, generic, as well as customized type field and property.
Using the Code
1. We define a MySerializableType whose instance will be serialized to xml file. The MySerializableType includes int, string, bool, generic List and a customized type field/property. Mark the type as [Serializable()].
2. We define a AnotherType which is used for MySerializableType's inner customized type. Mark the type as [Serializable()].
3. In the main method, the codes firstly create and initialize an object of MySerializableType.
4. Then it creates a XmlSerializer and StreamWriter to serialize the instance to local driver as XML file.
The generated xml file in step4 looks like:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
- <MySerializableType xmlns:xsi="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<StringValue>Test String</StringValue>
<BoolValue>true</BoolValue>
<IntValue>1</IntValue>
- <AnotherTypeValue>
<StringValue>Inner Test String</StringValue>
<IntValue>2</IntValue>
</AnotherTypeValue>
- <ListValue>
<string>List Item 1</string>
<string>List Item 2</string>
<string>List Item 3</string>
</ListValue>
</MySerializableType>
5. Then it creates a StreamReader to read and deserialize the xml file back to object instance.
